3 years Jones Boy!

Holy cow!  3 years old.  

This is three and it's so fun!

yes my child is repping a single sock and his pride robot shirt with his red sweatshorts.  

He dresses himself most days now and the struggle is real.  

He also calls these pumas his "memorial day shoes" because they are red white and blue.  

He is always super into the dinosaurs at the museum and says hello and bye bye everytime.  

He asks me a bazillion questions like what do dinosaurs eat, where do they sleep, when will they come to my house etc etc it's so tiring.  

He also insists some answers I provide to his life lessons are wrong.  

His current favorite food is cherries, he likes 80s-90s pop in the car, he requests we read transformers and Pete the cat.  

He is swimming more and more and getting more proficient.

He gives me this cheesy smile when I ask him to smile for pictures.  

He is potty trained except overnight.

He loves plants and is interested in gardens.

He asks to make "projects" aka crafts usually daily.

He has such a sharp memory. 

He enjoyed his birthday. 

He declares things his favorite. 

He often will ask "this or that" and then waits for you to respond. 

He snuggles me when he's tired.

He will kiss my forehead when he deems that it's needed.

I love you so much jonesy.

Mommy

jonesburf 34 and 35 months

34 and 35 months together because real life happens.  Jones boy you are getting so big and so much smarter.  

You ask thoughtful questions and investigate how things work.  

You run, jump, and dance with such excitement and passion.

You get excited for berry picking or yard sailing.

You pretend things like cooking dinner, cleaning, and bad guys.

You have this sudden interest in "bang bangs" and everything becomes one.

You like to read books about Jesus and transformers and often surprise me remembering them.

You love your swimming pool.  

You love eating hot dogs or nachos. 

You are mostly potty trained but sometimes we have accidents.

You play so hard.

You are usually covered in big bits, bruises and scraps.

You like to help me fix dinner or work on projects.

You still call Thea your baby. 

You often look out for her and declare when she needs to be reigned in. 

You can identify additional letters, M, T, X.

You can sort by color or shape. 

You try and play daddy to get what you want. 

You don't fool mommy and you know it. 

You snuggle me when your tired. 

Love you much, mommy 

Jonesburf - 33 months

Jones Boy you are getting older. As we approach age three I get so excited.  You are just a wealth of learning.  You talk talk talk and question question question and it's soooooo good.  You love going outside to the park, to the basketball court, to play on our toys, to dig in our garden, to pretend, to see the ducks.  Spring is totally something we needed after winter.  

You are outgrowing size 2T in height.

You want to do lots of stuff yourself - squeeze the sauce, cut the bread, help with supper, get dressed, wash your hair, etc etc

You ask such thoughtful questions.

You tell me bible stories.

You tell me Lita is your best friend and Kacie is your girlfriend.

You go full into holidays (we have his Easter eggs several times this week).

You jump, climb, run, walk sideways, and play rough.

You sometimes get fussy and whine about not wanting something, or wanting it or really nothing at all.

You ask to do things like call someone, or take pictures.  

You snuggle me after I get your Pjs on and then you rub your nose on mine and I help you jump down. 

Love you much mommy 

Jonesburf - 31 months

Hello 31 months!

You are rocking potty training finally.  We are having less and less accidents.  

You love going places and often ask to go downtown, Target, museum, chicken place, etc. 

You love doing projects.

You are very excited for following directions.

You can't wait to play outside.  

You pick up phrases we say all the time. 

Your favorite thing to eat right now is blueberries. 

You had your first dentist visit, you rocked it.

You often ask Thea questions like "you want a snack? You want to take a bath etc"

Sometimes you are very aggressive with her we are working on that. 

You notice all sorts of changes, new calendar, moved lamp etc.  Hawk-eyes 

You love moms new van and the tv in it.  

You keep telling Kathleen she needs a husband, and kids. 

Keep learning keep growing mister.

Love mommy

Ps this might be my favorite mural from the fountain square eye doctor.  

Jones 30 months

I am always behind posting these.  We are approaching 31 months and I am just getting to 30.  

Dear Jonesy -

I feel like daily you get smarter and remember more.

You are holding strong at 31 lbs.  

But you are getting taller.

Daily you tell me you luv me.  

You loved Christmas.  

You wish it was still Christmas. 

You ask lots of questions.

We have big conversations. 

You notice things.

You like to tell me which way to drive if say you want to go to Target or Walgreens.

You like to build with Legos and cook in your little kitchen.

You enjoy playing with your people and building choo choo trains.

You like to take photos. 

You have started to say "mom take my picture of this".

You ask me about Thea.

"Where is she?  What's she doing? Can we get her?"

You love the music set from Christmas.

You continue to prefer eating proteins and fruit as your favorite.

Oh you say "that's my favorite mom." Your favorite cereal, your favorite book, your favorite toy. 

You adore school buses and wish to ride then. 

You pull up a chair and help me cook. 

You like to mimic me.  

You red books from memory. 

You are growing up so fast. 

Love mommy

Jonesburf 28 months (posted late)

Jonesy -

Daily is a fun adventure in the life of a toddler.

You have joy in the silliest things.

You love life with almost everything you have it's so amazing.  

We have conversations real conversations.

You often ask me about where dinosaurs are? (Thanks pumpkin patch).

We also talk about the weather and the seasons lately.  You ask about the leaves and why it's dark.  We say "winter is coming" as if we were in Game of Thrones.

We talk about how to be a friend and that hitting is a no no and sharing is a must.

We build things with blocks, Legos and other toys.

It's so neat to watch your imagination.  The other day you made a choo choo train castle and a monkey was the conductor and you fed him pretzels and then took him to the bank to money.  It was so great to see you come up with the story. 

The next day you had your people out.  You determined ranger Joe and the farmer wanted to swing and you reminded them as you were pushing them that the swing was really for babies and you had asked for a Christmas present swing for big boys. And then you added "Christmas is in a little bit."

You have such a sharp memory you recall things I told you a week ago. 

You often ask where is Thea if she's not with us.

And you try to include her.  Asking if she wants to play and offering her toys you don't want. 

You pick her up too and try and carry her. 

We started sleeping you in your big boy bed last month and you own it.  You don't even get out of bed when you wake up instead you call me. 

Your potty training is a constant struggle we have several good days and then boom back to using the pull ups.  

You have recently only wanted to eat protein and fruit I am not sure why but I can't even entice you with macaroni or French fries.  Silly kid.  

You are grow up so fast little man.  

Love always mommy 

And my favorite on includes Thea. 

jonesburf 27 months

Dear Jonesy -

You are infectious with energy and joy.  Everyone is always telling me this.

You are talking up a storm. 

You delight in simple pleasures a marshmallow, seeing a "cool bus" (school), practicing standing on one foot, summersaults, pushing Thea in a clothes basket.

You have started picking Thea up to carry her.  Surprisingly you can. 

You are doing much better with the potty.

You love to paint especially with your hands and belly.

You are very curious about new things.

You spot something that's new everytime we change something or put a letter on the table.

You are learning the days of the week and we sing the happy days song.

You can do the abcs exactly, although sometimes you start at l.

You love stop signs/octagons and can recognize them even when not a stop sign.

You sometimes speak to me in some Spanish and sometimes in French.

You love singing and dancing.

You love sweaters/sweat shirts.

You are having trouble sharing.

You started a "new school" sitter and enjoy it - you actually don't cry at drop off. 

You have a memory that is so sharp.

Songs you sing on your own, You are my Sunshine, happy birthday, twinkle twinkle, and Fere Jacques 

Favorite foods - gum, chili, apples, and pretzels, beef sticks.

Mommy loves Saturday's because we do something fun together. 

Mommy loves when you talk to Thea to tell her what we are doing or where we are and how you try and help her.

Daddy reads you skippy jon jones and chicka chicka boom boom every night and you point out your favorite parts.

Love you so much mommy

Photos were taken at a local graffiti wall.  While we were there some photographers with big mega camera were also there, I think with a local hip hop star and they asked to take jones's picture too. So of course I let them.  He thought he was a big deal. (My better images were taken on my big camera (which was not so impressive next to theirs) but alas I am too lazy to upload them right now).

Jonesy 26 months

Jonesy - 

Twenty-six months is so fun. 

You are figuring stuff out - opening the fridge, getting on the counters, flushing the toliet, plugs etc.  

You are loving the swimming pool, baseball and bikes. 

You sometimes call me "Honey Mommy" You ask for something "right now".

You are remembering things so good like Saturday's are for fun.

You fuss about everything and nothing at the same time.  

You throw fits about everything and nothing.

You have opinions on what's for dinner, where we go when going out, and which way we should drive.

You tell Thea what's happening.

You are so talkative saying sentences and questions and having whole conversations.

You sing songs.  Happy birthday might be your favorite.

You jump so good and are starting to skip.

You count 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,7,8...

You call a stool a ladder and a quilt a mini. 

You sometimes give me "smooshy face" and then kiss me.

You tell me you lub me.

We read all kinds of books - I am thinking we might borrow some from the library soon.  

We talk about your day.

We play "I spy"and look for school buses.

We run thru hallways.

We snuggle.

We wrestle and practice summersaults.

We cook together.

You are such a joyous and happy boy.

Love you much Jonesy

Mommy

Jonesburf - 25 months

This month has been of highs and lows a little lull in between.  Photos taken at a wall inside Traders Point Church.  I saw it and I just decided to snap pictures and jones complied for a minute anyhow.

Dear Jonesy -

This month we hit some of the terrible twos.  And I must admit I cannot stand the whiny boy.  But boy if you are tired, hungry or just dead set on something the whiny kid shows up.  But then 10 minutes later my sweet boy is back.  It is such a challenge, especially as your sister has issues sleeping and only wants to nurse with mommy.

You are such a little talker, we converse about everything.  

You remember everything too.  

We talk about being brave and not crying at school.  And you remember to tell me if you were brave and didn't cry.

We talk about what color things are.

And where is daddy, Thea, grandma, or anyone not in the room.

You started at your new school and you are said Miss Charmaine is not there but you are fond of Miss Ashley your new teacher. 

You are in the panda room and working on potty training.

You don't like getting dropped off and ask the teachers 100 times where's mommy where's daddy and usually you answer the question for them.

You also like to ask if you can stay home and miss Kari can come over (we wish buddy we wish).

You discovered you like raisins and we like to use them like a treat.

You run, jump, climb and do summersaults. 

You love to wrestle in the living room and will often drag out all the pillows and the blankets to set up a mat.

You love Thea.

You often tell her it's okay she doesn't need to cry.

You try and give her a bottle or a blanket. 

You offer her snacks and tell mommy that she wants baby cereal when you think she's hungry.

You sometimes are so shy but other times you run right up to people and hold their hand or ask to sit on their lap.

You are such a joy my little Jonesy.

Love mommy

Jonesburf 24 months

Dear Jonesy -

Holy cow you are two little man.  You are so full of energy, joy and spunk.  You make each day better but it's always a challenge.  

You talk so much and we have whole conversations.  You make decisions like chicken or hot dogs.  You repeat most everything you hear sometimes you pick up phrases from people like "woo bro" or "ya honey".  

You run, jump, walk backwards, sideways and waddle. You love ball any kinds but especially basketball.  Each day  we play between two and four ball related games. You often dance to music or no music but you wiggle your hips all the time.

You like building blocks and crafts.  And we paint, draw, do beads, playdoh and sticks regularly. 

You absolutely love to go out.  Favorite places are downtown, target, museum, and the park.  And let's not forget live music any event with music and you are so in. 

You love parties.  Weddings. Birthdays.  New babies.  Any excuse for party and you are all signed up.  (Birthday party post coming).  

Thea is your pal.  You explain to her where you are, tell her it's okay, try to comfort and breast feed her.  You are a very serious big brother.  

We digress on potty training, and have had several episodes of "No" or times where timeout was necessary. 

Mommy is so excited watching you mature and change.  I love you to the moon and back at enjoy when you grab my face for a hug and a kiss.  I also like that you still want to be carried and snuggled.  

Love love love. Mommy

These photos were taken with a wall at The Tube Factory they are less that perfect and most were super blurry and I had to change his pants into unmatching basketball shorts before I snapped them because he had an accident, but real life people real life. 

Jonesburf 23 months

 

Talk about being behind on blogging, jones already turned two but I am blogging 23 month photos.  They were taken a little late and Jonesy had on pajamas.  Anyhow here's a few notes about 23 month jones.

Dear Jonesy -

Your almost two.  

You run, jump, and spin with delight.

You are full of joy. 

You are such a happy boy.

You love to go places.

You can be shy when strangers talk to you.

You play well on your own and with other kids.

At soccer one time this month you tried to make a boy feel welcome and hugged him and held his hand so he wouldn't be scared it was so cute.

You adore Thea and often want to snuggle her or hold her.

You also try to breast feed her.  lol

You talk up a storm and remember things.

You love playing outside or working on projects at your table.

You are mostly good at listening and are quick to say your sorry.

Your favorite thing to eat is currently yogurt.

You've been playing pretend in the kitchen cooking and with the minion doll you have and will take care of the minion.

You sometimes will think your name is you - I am guessing because we say "do you want this", "can you pick up etc".

You are starting to outgrow some of your summer clothes from last year - I guess we will buy some new ones.

I love you so much you are such a joy.

Love mommy

22 months of Jonesy

I love this guy.  He was covered in dirt from the playground and dinner but we still took his picture (for some reason they look blurry in real life they aren't?) 

Dear Jonesy -

You are 22 months and so full of Joy.

Everything is exciting.  

The day I took these photos you woke up from your nap and requested "party".

"Yes" I said we decided to go to the park and out to dinner for "party".  

At the park you climbed the big kid ladder like a boss.  Holy cow you are getting so brave.

You still love ball especially "hoop ball", but you are so into soccer too you ask me every day about soccer.  

You have a new found interest in noises outside birds, rain, wind etc.  

You love going to feed the ducks.

You speak in sentences. 

I am slowly breaking you of wanting to watch Elmo by replacing it with other fun activities.  

You still like to call someone everyday.  You usually associate them to their relation to cats aka "meows".

You learned to open doors recently and opened your bedroom door and the fridge door (lookout).

You love it when I pick out a shirt with a ball on it.

We read Old McDonald had a Farm and Wheels on the bus in heavy rotation. (You like to sing along with them).

You love to use glue sticks, eyeballs, and scissors in craft projects.

You also throughly enjoy live music and are thrilled when we go someplace where there's a band.

You try and negotiate with me on things like snacks or goodies requesting 2 marshmallows not one or two stickers not one.

You sign please rather than say it.

And you continue to call auntie Kathleen more daddy although you have learned to say "KATHY" instead of Kathleen.  

You love Nana and Lita like crazy and often cry for them to come back when they leave.

You call Uncle JJ Deedee or DayDay and uncle Rob You call Row.  You have also started requesting to call them on the phone when nana or Lita aren't answering.  

Oh what fun you are.

Love you lots.

Mommy